Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 32-39 , March 2009

Pain Management in Dutch Nursing Homes Leaves Much to Be Desired

  • Rhodee van Herk, MA

      Affiliations

    • Pain Expertise Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Anneke A. Boerlage, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Pain Expertise Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Monique van Dijk, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Monique van Dijk, Erasmus MC-Sophia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Surgery, room Sk-1276, P. O. Box 2060, 3000 CB Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Frans P.M. Baar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Laurens “Antonius IJsselmonde” Nursing Home, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Dick Tibboel, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Pain Expertise Center, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Department of Pediatric Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center–Sophia Children's Hospital, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Rianne de Wit, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care and Nursing Science Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Nursing Staff, University Hospital Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 13 December 2007 ,Revised 11 June 2008 ,Accepted 11 June 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.06.003

Pain Management Nursing
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